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Chords in this song17
Song
Matilda Mother - Pink Floyd
Album: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Words & Music by Roger "Syd" Barrett
B* 7 x x x 0 7 (no5)
Asus2/B 7 x x x 0 5 (no5)
G/B x 2 x x 0 3 (no5)
B5 x 2 x x 0 2
F#add11 x x 4 3 0 2 (no5)
Bsus4 x x x 4 0 0 (no5)
Asus2 x x x 2 0 0
G6 x x x 0 0 0
F#7sus4 x x 4 x 0 0
Aadd9 x x 7 6 0 5 (no5)
G* x x 5 4 0 3 (no5)
B 7 9 9 8 7 7
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Play in verses 1/2:
Bsus4 Asus2 G6 F#7sus4 B* Aadd9 G* F#add11
e|---0-------0-------0-------0-----| |-----7-------5-------3-------2---| B|-----0-------0-------0-------0---| |-------0-------0-------0-------0-| G|-4-----4-2-----2-0-----0---------| x3, |---8-------6-------4-------3-----| D|-------------------------4-----4-| |-9-------7-------5-------4-------| A|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|
Instead in the third verse the chords B, A, G and F# must be strummed with the shape of E.
Play in the bridge:
F#m F#m*
e|-----------------| |--------------------------------| B|-----------------| |--------------------------------| G|-----------------| x2, |-------------------4---3---2----| D|-----------------| |--------------------------------| A|-------2---------| |-------2---------2---2---2------| E|-2-4-5---5-4-2-0-| |-2-4-5---5-4-2-0----------------|
Play in the hook at A*
e|----------0----| B|----0-2-3------| G|--2---------2--| D|---------------| A|---------------| E|---------------|
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Intro
B* A2/B G/B F#add11
e|-7----5----3----2----| B|-0----0----0----0----| G|---------------------| D|---------------------| A|-----------2----2----| E|-7----7--------------|
Verse 1
There was a king who ruled the land
His Maj-es-ty was in command
With silver eyes the scarlet eagle
B* Aadd9 G* F#add11
Showered silver on the people
Hook
G D A A* G D E
Oh, oh, mother, tell me more
Bridge
Why'd you have to leave me there, hanging in my infant air,
waiting?
F#m*
You only have to read the lines of scribbly black and every----thing
shines---------
Verse 2
Across the stream with wood-en shoes, bells to tell the king the news---
A thousand misty riders climb up higher once upon---- a time-----
Hook
G D A A* G D E
Wondering and dreaming. The words have different meanings,
Yes, they did
Interlude
e|-----------------| |-----------------| B|-----------------| |-----------------| G|-----------------| |-----------------| D|-------4---------| x16, |-----------------| x2 A|----------0h2-4--| |-------2---------| E|--0-2------------| |-2-4-5---5-4-2-0-|
Verse 3
All the time spent in that room, the doll's house darkness, old perfume
And fairy stories held me high on clouds of sunlight floating by
Hook
G D A A* G D E
Oh, oh, mother, tell me more
Tell me more
Outro
Time Signature: 3/4
e|-----------------| B|-----------------| G|---1-1-1-1-1-----| D|---2-2-2-2-2-0---| A|---2-2-2-2-2---2-| E|-0---------------|
Aaaaaaaah
(Repeat & Fade)
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